#BF38BD#BF38BD

#BF38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.223 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF38BD
RGB	rgb(191, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 68.04, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 80.01, 328.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1907 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.223 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0850, 17.5812, 49.8378)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF38BD #38BF3A

analogous

#7D38BF #BF38BD #BF3879

triadic

#BF38BD #BDBF38 #38BDBF

tetradic

#BF38BD #BF7D38 #38BF3A #3879BF

square

#BF38BD #BF7D38 #38BF3A #3879BF

split-complementary

#BF38BD #79BF38 #38BF7D

monochromatic

#601C5F #902A8E #BF38BD #D163D0 #DF92DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BF38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BF38BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF38BD

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF38BD	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2369C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.223 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67bd1',
    500: '#bf38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf38bd;
$custom-light: #d67bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58956,
    "c": 0.22341,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF38BD

secondary

#89CA8A

accent

#DE4C4A

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF9

border

#D4CAD2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF38BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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